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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8 × 7 cm
Description

Old rhodochrosite from Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz). Collected in 1980s. Rhodochrosite is light pinkish colored with some manganocalcite and white cerussite crystal in one of the cavities.

Heavy, almost 1 kilogram sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania